cannon bone

English

Noun

cannon bone (plural cannon bones)

1. A bone resulting from the fusion of metacarpals or metatarsals in some artiodactyls.
2. The metacarpal of a horse.
3. The metatarsal of a horse.

Translations

metacarpal of a horse

• Bulgarian: пищял (bg) m (pištjal)
• Dutch: pijpbeen (nl) n
• Finnish: etusääriluu
• French: canon (fr) m
• Latin: os cannon n

metatarsal of a horse

• Dutch: pijpbeen (nl) n
• Finnish: takasääriluu
• French: canon (fr) m